The Rainbow is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,699 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,699 Feet (2,042 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 38.0622, -115.85500
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Rainbow MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rainbow
Secondary: Bruno Prospect
Secondary: Fluorspar Corp of America
Secondary: Hope
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Silica
Tertiary: Magnesite
Tertiary: Calcium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Quinn Canyon District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Ed Slavin
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1981
Owner Name: Wesley Koyen
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1981
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1945
Discovery Year: 1941
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Names): FLUORSPAR CORPORATION IS NOT ACTIVE IN THE AREA,1981
Comment (Ownership): ED SLAVIN OWNS THE BRUNO PROSPECT PORTION
Comment (Location): PROSPECT IS REPORTED IN SECS. 1, 12, AND 13 (NYE COUNTY) AND IN SECS. 24 AND 25 (LINCOLN COUNTY). THIS RECORD IS PLOTTED IN SEC. 1 IN NYE COUNTY.
Comment (Deposit): GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS SMALL.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MATRIX 1 WAS NOT CONSIDERED FOR ECONOMIC ANALYSIS BECAUSE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MAS EVALUATORS COULD NOT JUSTIFY THE RESOURCE QUANTITY AND GRADE
References
Reference (Deposit): CANYON RANGE USGS BULL.1272C
Reference (Deposit): BENSON W T,1950,WELCH FLUORSPAR PROSPECT,NYE CO.,NEV.USBM
Reference (Deposit): SAINSBURY AND KLEINHAMPLE 1969,FLUORITE DEPOSITS IN QUINN
Reference (Deposit): HORTON,R.C.1962,FLUORSPAR OCC.IN NEV.,NEV.BUR.OF MINES MAP 3
Reference (Deposit): BULL.65
Reference (Deposit): HORTON,R.C.1961,AN INV. FLUORSPAR OCC.IN NEV.NEV.BUR MINES
Reference (Deposit): PAPKE K G,1979,FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA,NEV.BULL.93
Reference (Deposit): AR OCCURRENCE IN NEVADA
Reference (Deposit): CLAIMS,PRIVATE REPORT AND SUPPLEMENT
Reference (Deposit): PAPKE K G,1974,1975,DATA FROM FIELD INVESTIGATION OF FLUORSP
Reference (Deposit): PRELIMINARY REPORT
Reference (Deposit): LEWIS A A,1955,INVENTORY OF NEV.FLUORSPAR;FLUORSPAR CORP.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
